Maia Chiburdanidze vs Boris Spassky

Cancan Veterans-Women · 1998 · Queen's Gambit Declined · 1/2-1/2 in 36 moves

The Game

White Maia Chiburdanidze
Black Boris Spassky
Result 1/2-1/2
Event Cancan Veterans-Women
Site Roquebrune
Round 8
Date 1998.09.15
Opening Queen's Gambit Declined (D58)
Moves 36
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Final Position

The position after the last move · 1/2-1/2

8/p3k1p1/1pRrp2p/3p1p2/1P1P4/3KPP2/1P4PP/8 w - - 5 37

All The Moves

  1. 1.d4 d5
  2. 2.c4 e6
  3. 3.Nc3 Be7
  4. 4.Nf3 Nf6
  5. 5.Bg5 h6
  6. 6.Bh4 O-O
  7. 7.e3 b6
  8. 8.Bd3 Bb7
  9. 9.O-O Nbd7
  10. 10.Qe2 dxc4
  11. 11.Bxc4 Ne4
  12. 12.Bg3 Ndf6
  13. 13.Nxe4 Nxe4
  14. 14.Rfd1 Bd6
  15. 15.Rac1 Qe7
  16. 16.Ba6 Bd5
  17. 17.Bxd6 cxd6
  18. 18.a3 f5
  19. 19.Ne1 Bb7
  20. 20.Rc2 Rac8
  21. 21.Rdc1 Rxc2
  22. 22.Rxc2 Nf6
  23. 23.Bxb7 Qxb7
  24. 24.Qc4 Nd5
  25. 25.Nd3 Rf7
  26. 26.Qc8+ Qxc8
  27. 27.Rxc8+ Rf8
  28. 28.Rc6 Rd8
  29. 29.Nb4 Nxb4
  30. 30.axb4 Rd7
  31. 31.Kf1 Kf7
  32. 32.Ke2 Ke7
  33. 33.Kd3 d5
  34. 34.f3 Rd8
  35. 35.Rc7+ Rd7
  36. 36.Rc6 Rd6

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